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Pinfish released into Indian River Lagoon to help sea grass beds

Brittany Biber, director of animal care at Florida Oceanographic Society, releases a group of tagged pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 at Florida Oceanographic Society. The release of 1,800 pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.

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Pinfish released into Indian River Lagoon to help sea grass beds

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Brittany Biber, director of animal care at Florida Oceanographic Society, releases a group of tagged pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 at Florida Oceanographic Society. The release of 1,800 pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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About 900 captive pinfish and 900 wild pinfish were released into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 at Florida Oceanographic Society, through a research study by Live Advantage Bait.
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Devon Steuart (left), a technician with Live Advantage Bait, weighs and measures pinfish as CEO Nicole Kirchhoff records the data with her son, William Sargent, 10 weeks, before the fish get released into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 by Live Advantage Bait at Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart. "We're seeing if marine bait fish would be a successful candidate for restocking," Kirchhoff said.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Live Advantage Bait and Florida Oceanographic Society teamed up to release 1,800 pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 in Stuart. The release of the pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.
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Brittany Biber, director of animal care at Florida Oceanographic Society, releases a group of tagged pinfish into the Indian River Lagoon on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 at Florida Oceanographic Society. The release of 1,800 pinfish is part of a study Live Advantage Bait CEO Nicole Kirchhoff is leading to see if stocking pinfish will help the lagoon's sea grass beds grow.